In the wake of the province's refusal of the environmental assessment for the Glen Dhu Wind Farm, the company that intends to erect 30 turbines announced Saturday that it was moving the turbines further from houses in Bailey's Brook.

The four turbines along the project's westernmost border - just behind homes in Bailey's Brook - will be shuffled from the area where they were originally supposed to go and instead placed in another section of the farm.

The company will also increase the setback from homes in that area to 1.4 kilometres.

The changes come in response to the feedback given under the project's environmental assessment report. Ian Tillard, chief operating officer for Shear Wind Inc., says the company pored over the letters submitted in response to the assessment and is working to address them.

"We've taken every single concern to heart," Tillard said. "We've pulled out every concern from those letters... [continue via Web link]